The Misleading Name That Confuses Millions The term "100-year flood" sounds like a once-in-a-century event, doesn't it?

Western Washington’s flood season usually runs from late October through March and mirrors the rainy season. Washington averages about one presidentially declared disaster per year, going back to 1950 ...

The term "100-year flood" implies that the event is a rare occurrence; however, dozens of such storms have inundated the United States over the past year alone, prompting concern that they are ...

New proposed maps increase ag lands in the floodplain. Chippewa County has appealed the maps and provided data for some changes. The new flood maps proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

When Camp Mystic wanted to build in Central Texas areas considered high risk on Federal Emergency Management Agency flood insurance maps, it did what many property owners do: It hired engineers to ...

In 2020, Kellogg and neighboring municipalities sought updated river flow data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, whose ...

The city is revising federal flood maps that it says are outdated and inaccurate, forcing hundreds of property owners to ...